Agents' Profile
The two main keys to success as a literary agent are: knowing many different editors and knowing what they are “buying” for their publishing houses. When he opened The Paul S. Levine Literary Agency in 1996, Levine had less than 200 editors in his private database; in his database, he now has over 3,500 editors, to whom he has sold over 350 fiction and non-fiction books.
As an entertainment lawyer, Levine has written the legal contracts for several books adapted as movies-for-television. With over forty (40) years of experience in the entertainment and book industries, Levine is one of the few lawyers on the West Coast who also understands the world of book publishing; as such, he is able to act as both a literary agent and publishing attorney for his clients.